Wednesday, May 02, 2007

The news media's bold, constant sexism--help stop it

The treatment of female candidates and female politicians by the news media has gotten worse every year (those of you who do not believe we have a problem with sexism in the U.S., turn on your television). The "liberal" Chris Matthews is probably the worst offender, but he has plenty of company, including other "liberals," like Bill Maher and Keith Olbermann.

The National Organization for Women has published an excellent examination, by Katie Heirner, of how female candidates and women in office are treated by the news media. The details will make you sick. You can see more sickening examples here (with many of Maureen Dowd's irrelevant personal insults to both men and women included).

And you can sign NOW's petition to demand an end to sexist and superficial candidate reporting.